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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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